Last week we covered I'll Fly Away. It's a beautiful song covered by everyone in the world. Here's Allison Kraus doing an especially bang-up job:
We originally did the song in the key of F, which gives us the infernal B-flat chord.
F F
Some bright morning when this life is over
Bb
I'll fly away
F F
To that home on God's celestial shore
C F
I'll fly a-way
Learning our chord progressions, we can change the I chord, or our "home base" chord, to a G.
G G
Some bright morning when this life is over
C
I'll fly away
G G
To that home on God's celestial shore
D G
I'll fly a-way
Song 2: Oye Como Va, by Tito Puente. Most of us know the version covered by Carlos Santana. It was so much fun to play a Latin beat! This is a new experience for us. After we got it in our heads the ukulele players couldn't stop-- it was beautiful.
I'm getting this in just before class tonight. We'll rehearse I'll Fly Away, Oye Como Va, and one mystery song for this Thursday's open mic performance at Paul Henry's Art Gallery. I hope to get some good band photos this week... wish me luck!
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